German-English translations for balken

beam
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We all know the parable of the mote and the beam. Wir kennen alle das Gleichnis vom Splitter und vom Balken im Auge. Another case of the proverb of the beam and the mote. Da kommt einem doch das Bild vom Splitter und vom Balken in den Sinn. You can see the mote in your brother's eye but not the beam in your own. "Warum siehst du den Splitter im Auge deines Bruders, aber den Balken in deinem Auge bemerkst du nicht?"
girder

arbor
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balkYet you seek to lay all the blame at Austria' s door, and turn a blind eye to the Balkans in your own backyard. Sie aber suchen den Span im Auge Österreichs und wollen den Balken im eigenen Land nicht sehen. The horse balkedto balk expectation
bar
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The window was protected by steel barsAncient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of moneyWe are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow
bar/translations
bendIf you bend the pipe too far, it will break.Don’t bend your knees.Look at the trees bending in the wind.
corpus callosum

crossbeamThe workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.
fess
joist
limb
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They limbed the felled trees before cutting them into logs.solar limb
rail
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We travelled to the seaside by rail.a small Scottish village not accessible by railWere experimenting with ads in the right-hand rail.